accessed

[ ak-sest ]

/ ˈæk sɛst /

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adjective

reached, contacted, entered, or visited: Lot 14 on Smoke Road is an easily accessed lot with great views, grass, and scattered trees.Your bibliography should include the URL of the accessed website.

obtained or made use of: She founded and ran one of the most accessed family counseling programs in the state.

Computers. (of data) retrieved for use by another program or application or for transfer from one part of a system to another: Data caching is a way of storing the most frequently accessed data in memory so it doesn’t need to be regenerated each time.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of access.

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Origin of accessed

access + -ed² for the adjective senses; access + -ed¹ for the verb sense

OTHER WORDS FROM accessed

un·ac·cessed, adjective

Words nearby accessed

accessary, access broker, access charge, access code, access course, accessed, accessibility, accessible, accession, accession number, access land

How to use accessed in a sentence

Only after the agency has given the green light will a first, limited group of high-risk people be able to access the shots.
Pfizer and BioNTech will seek regulatory clearance of their coronavirus vaccine|Carolyn Y. Johnson|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
This week, BuzzFeed acquired something that has grown increasingly important to them — access to an older audience.
‘They wanted to unload it bad’: Why HuffPost made sense for BuzzFeed – and Verizon Media Group|Max Willens|November 20, 2020|Digiday
This means they’re given access to deep dives on topics that are not necessarily associated with their career track, and will pay either $100 per year or $15 per month to take away new insights from content that could offer a fresh perspective.
‘A start-up again’: New Quartz owner Zach Seward’s plan for longevity includes revenue innovation and reader support|Kayleigh Barber|November 20, 2020|Digiday
There will be no awards ceremony this year, no access to the schools where the race starts and finishes and no shuttle service to and from parking lots.
As the coronavirus tears through rural Maryland, an ultramarathon plans to race on|Rick Maese|November 19, 2020|Washington Post

These challenges are compounded by the fact that many households across New York City still lack remote learning devices, access to WiFi, cellular data service, or adequate technological support needed for successful remote engagement.
New York City schools closing because of rising coronavirus rates — and so are all schools in Kentucky|Valerie Strauss|November 18, 2020|Washington Post
Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders cannot be accessed without a virtual private network.
China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mostly, I accessed my account from the small screen of my phone, following world leaders, writers, and others I admire.
How I (Digitally) Killed My Twitter Impostor|JoBeth McDaniel|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The full name of the passenger, Hourdajian told The Daily Beast, can be accessed from within the Uber app by the driver.
Uber’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Surge Pricing. What If It’s Sexual Harassment by Drivers?|Olivia Nuzzi|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He suggested that changes should be considered only about how it is stored and how it is accessed.
The Domestic Spying of Hoover’s FBI Is an Eerie Prequel to the NSA’s Snooping Today|Betty Medsger|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The agency's audit concluded that the Senate staffers using the database had accessed documents they were not authorized to see.
What's Inside CIA's 'Black Site' Database? And Were Senate Staffers Allowed to See?|Eli Lake|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These are marked by light underlining and a title attribute which can be accessed by hovering with the mouse.
An Analysis of the Lever Escapement|H. R. Playtner
High-resolution images can be accessed by clicking on the images in the text.
The Invasion|William Le Queux
Higher resolution versions of the star maps and lunar charts may be accessed by clicking on the images in the text.
Pleasures of the telescope|Garrett Serviss
However, a transliteration is provided in a title attribute which can be accessed by hovering with the mouse.
The Parables of Our Lord|William Arnot
The second set of footnotes, used for commentary on the text, is accessed through hyperlinks in this document.
Henry the Sixth|John Blacman